Nutmeg grater



Nov. 10 1925- N. H. PAXSON HUTMEC- GRATER Filed Feb. 21 1.925

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PATENT po- Flceifff H vonnrs Ir. raxsom'or Newton aws, VIRGINIA.

NUTMEG Gama. 1

Application filed February 21, 1925. Serial No. 10,909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Nomus H. PAxsoN, a cltizen of the United States, residing at Newport News, in the county of VVa'rwick and State of Virginia, have invented cer-- a grater from one'piec-e of metal thereby eliminating manufacturing steps incident to the joining of several pieces in" one structure. Another object of my invention is to provlde In a continuous piece spokes, journals, and an operating crank for the grater and with these and other objects in view my'in vention consists of the parts and combination ofpartsas will be hereinafter more fully set forth. 4 r f In the drawings: 4

Figure l is a View of the blank flattened out from which the stem and'grater housing are integrally formed. v s Figure 2' is a front elevation of my improved nutmeg grater. I

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3 3, Figure 2 a,

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a grater with its spokes and journals in elevation.

Figure 5 is an end elevation of the grater.

The stem or handledesignated by the reference numeral 1 is hollow and, preferably, cylindrical and open at both ends, one end being closed by a block 2 which is held in position by means of the tag or similar device 3. A follower 4 is slidably mounted within the handle 1 and is provided in its lower face with a recess 5 within which one end of a coil spring 6 is seated, the other end of the spring being seated on the block 2. The upper end of thefollower is concaved and is covered with a roughened plate 7.

The stem :1 is provided with elongated vertically disposed slots 8 and 9 in "which the end portions of the bar 10 are adaptedto reciprocate aid bar being securd to n he follower" hereby the follower 'fmay- -be wall of'the, stem 1'. a The openingd12 is in line with the elongated slot 8 as will be seen in'Figure2. 1 I i, A vertical armi18 is integral with and extends upwardly from the stem, 1 f and has its upper: end portion 14 bent inwardly; at substantially right angles. vArms 1'5 and 16 are integral with and extend upwardly from the stem 1 and have-their 'innerends 1'? and 18 bent inwardly so that-the inwardly bent portions of the arms 13,- 15 and :16'meetand' are joined-together by a single rivet18, asv shown in Figure 3, where'- v by these arms 13, 15 and 16 constitute a housing for thejgrater and require but a single rivet to hold the housing in its formation. The arms 15 and 16 are provided with journal bearings which will be hereinafter referred to. V

The grater is designated by reference numeral 19, the working surface of which is formed after the" usualfashion of graters providing outwardly. projecting teeth for grating the nutmeg 11 as the grater is revolving a roughened plate-,7 on the follower 1 holding the nutmeg againstvrevolution thereby increasing the efficiency ,ofthe grating operationw i y a At eachienjd the grater 19isprovided with inwardly disposed lugs '20 1 at 'rightangles to the-axis of the grater, saidlugs being perforated as shown. A .wire 21 is passed lengthwise through the grater andthrough the perforations of the lugs 20 on one Sld} of the grater while the wire 22 is similarly passed through the perforations of the lugs 20 on the other side of the grater, said. wires being bent at right angles toward each other immediately outside of the ends of the grater thereby forming spokes 22 for the grater. These wires are twisted together as at 23 in the plane of the axis of the grater to form journals which are seated in the journal bearings of the arms 15 and 16. These wires 21 and 22 are of greater length. at one end of the grater than" at the other and are twisted together and bent to form an operating crank 24.

.A guard 25 extends upwardly and 1s 1ntegral with theupper end of the stem 1.

As will be seen from Figure 1, the stem 1, grater housings 13,- 15, 16, and guard25, are formed in a single integral blank, the side edges of the blank being recessed so that when the edges are brought together these recesses will. form the elongated slot 9.

lVhile the blill lk -ls' being? stamped. out the nutmeg opening 12 and the elongatedislbt' 8 are simultaneously formed.

In bending the blanleto formihe; stem 1 the arms 13, 16', and'guafrds 25;

ticle and in order to -hold the "blank iitithi s:

bent position it is only necessary to use the single rivet 18,Par1c'lto interlock oi' oth'er'wise suitably secure the side ectgee of the fb'lanle.

The upper end Wall of the slot 9 andio'f the opening 12*are s'o positioned that the arm 10"becomes engageditherewitlnand: revents thei roughened plate 7" froan' coiningifin con taet \vit h the teeth-- 01} the" grater thereby el' 'nat'i'n life possibilityo'f' the teeth of the gra fro rn' beconiingfditlled by co11tacti'-\vitl1 the rou hened platez- I As is obvious; device may "beti opeeated l a ,t andaanai tarning the grater by the crank-"=24 with thefiother hand I anr aw'are that changes naay be ma dein the details of construction within the spirit of ni y invention Without departing f-roin the seope of the appended claims:-

lVhat I claim is:

1! ik blarl lz ter ain tnnegigratei" comprisin ja fiat inf'eta'l alat';-;ar1ns=integral with szud 'pilate and -e'xtendin g1fro'-1n one edge: and in the pIan'e of said-"plate; said. plate: and its arms adapted to be benttwforna a hoitsing for a grating mechanism: i

A blank for nutmegrgrater comprising a fiat metal plate; arnis integralrivith said plate and extending from one edge-izmd in the pl ane of said plate; said platewanid its arms adapted to loev-heiit to'forin a housing for a grating:'nreelraarismg: a-port= through saidplate terminating in an elongated?- slot.

3'. A- bla nk for a n utniegst grater compris- I ingn a:flatanetah plate-havingielengated reand inthe plane, of said plate; a port throughsaidplate terminating in an elongated: slot; said plate and its arms being adapted to be bent to form a housing fora grating rmechan isme 4. In a nutmeg grater a hollow stem, integral arms extending upwardly-"from the sides of the stein-ai'idbent toward'each other and secured togetheryari-n" extendinguape Wardly; from I the stem atv the rear thereof and bent inwardly with: its: end secured-t0 the? other arms to term iP-l101lSl1Tg.-.IOTQ a grater, a grater pivotal-1y mounted on the two side arms and Within thBFlllOLTSl-Ilg', a follower withimthe stein adapted'to hold a nutmegagainst the grater.- I

5. In a n utineg grater a hollow stein-haw ingca port imone wallithereo fi-a spiringsfoh lowersli dab'ly mounted; in the stem; operat ing: h alfdles -secured to the follower; .dia'r' metrically opposite elongated slots: the walls of: l the stem in which said handles are adapted to reciprocate, a grater housing 011-: one end of the stemv comprising. three arm's-integral with and= projecting rem the upper edge of the-stein with r their ends bent inwardly toward eaeh other. and seemfecbtogeth'er,-a grater journ'aled in. said; housing.

6'. In anutmegg 'ralter; a grater: cylinder, a pair of lugs at each end theneof' and extending toward the axis-of the: cylinder, Wires connected to eaeh ofsaid and twisted togetliei beyond the lei-rdsw-ofthe cyl inder to constitute journal. the twisted wires at one-end of the cylinder" being. b'en-t to form a crank.

In testimony Whereof LafliX my: signature.

NORRIS H. PAXSON. 

